vertebrata palasiatica 2009-1973 online

Issues of Vertebrata Palasiatica from 2009-1973 are now available at IVPP website.

If your chinese has gotten a bit rusty, you can use handy dandy babelfish translator.

It's not perfect but hey, atleast it provides some hilarity.

For example:

Liaoxi Yi County group parrot mouth dragon (bird buttocks item, ceratopsia) new material and stratigraphy significance

Inside nature's giants: Whale and Elephant

Ever since I heard of this series I have been trying to find some footage of it. Series focusing on functional anatomy of largest modern tetrapods sounded like very novel and very interesting idea.
So there I was searching for some video clips of the series but instead finding mear clips I stumbled upon playlist of two full episodes of it! Yes, some wonderful person has uploaded two episodes to youtube, and after watching those I can't wait to see the other two episodes. It's really interesting , educational and gory, so be warned if you have weak stomach.

first video:



and playlist

NG clip with new pachycephalosaur featured

The clip starts with talk about Dracorex and headbut theories but towards the end of the clip a new little pachy makes it appearance.
I'm not sure if this is old news but it's certainly first time I have seen mention of this critter.

Richard Prum at skeptics guide to the universe podcast

Richard Prum appeared recently at the skeptics guide to the universe podcast where he shared hes views on the new Ruben & Quick bird abdominal airsac paper and BAND movement.

You can listen the podcast here.

New in Digimorph: Incisivosaurus

Ever since the detailed description of Incisivosaurus was published in American museum novitates I have been hoping that this would happen.
And now it has. Incisivosaurus is now featured at Digimorph website. Go and look at everyone's favourite Bugsbunnysaurus in 3d.

http://digimorph.org/specimens/Incisivosaurus_gauthieri/

more old issues of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica available

It seems that APP old issue archive has expanded back to the year 1980. Some of the individual issues seem to be missing but there's still loads of goodies in there so check it out.

Also, Journal of Anatomy has gone free access.

From Journal of Anatomy website:

"Journal of Anatomy archive - free online!
For free access to the full archive of Journal of Anatomy from volume 1, issue 1 (1867) up to 2005 click here. Access the most recent articles from 1997 to the latest OnlineEarly articles online. All issues more than two years old are made free."

Pterosaur goodies

Yes, another expedition to youtube has provided results. Here is very nice animation of Anhanguera taking of via quadrupedal launch, as suggested by Michael Habib in a paper that I still have not acquired nor read (oh the shaaame).



It look nice but I would think that when the animation is in the "Launch" position the animal would already be in the air, but regardless it's very nice animation and great illustration how quadrupedal launch works.

More goodies. I just discovered website called Pterosaur net . It's an excellent website with some nice articles, like pterosaur myths by Darren Naish, pterosaur locomotion by Mark Witton, restoring pterosaurs by John Conway and sections for pterosaur origins, ecology and popular culture. There's also small gallery of some of the most beautiful pterosaur artwork I have ever seen. However as great as all of that is, I must confess my favourite section of the website is the gallery of famous pterosaur fossils. Beautiful photos of classic pterosaur specimens and new Tischlinger UV treats.